About Donna
Donna Byxbe is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who helps people manage stress, anxiety, grief, and relationship struggles. She speaks plainly and aims to make therapy feel manageable for a worried parent checking options on a phone. Donna offers steady support for mood concerns, trauma, addictions, and shifts in life circumstances.
She draws on nearly three decades of experience to help people take practical steps forward. Donna began practicing in 1995, mostly within community mental health programs.
Background and approach
She later ran a independent practice and provided both individual and group work across a wide range of issues. Her background includes work with adults, children, adolescents, and older adults in varied settings over many years. Her approach blends client-centered listening with practical tools from cognitive-behavioral therapy.
She also uses psychodynamic ideas to look at long-standing patterns, and EMDR for certain trauma-related concerns. Mindfulness practices and transpersonal techniques such as guided meditation and inner child work are part of her skill set when clients want those options. In a typical session Donna helps people name the problem, try simple coping strategies, and set small goals.
She favors clear communication and gives concrete feedback and homework when it fits the plan. She encourages self-determination so each person can choose what feels right. Donna is licensed in Texas (LCSW) and brings 29 years of clinical experience.
Sessions are offered in English and are available through online formats. She aims to help clients build coping skills, heal from trauma, and strengthen important relationships.
Therapeutic approaches adapted for online work
Donna mixes client-centered therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy to help people make concrete changes. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening closely and following the person's goals so sessions feel personal and respectful. Cognitive behavioral therapy looks at unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and teaches simple skills to reduce anxiety, manage mood, and handle stress.She also uses EMDR for trauma when appropriate, a method that helps people process painful memories and reduce their emotional charge. EMDR sessions are paced to each person's comfort and integrated with other strategies to support overall healing.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Donna collaborates with each person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. She checks in regularly and adjusts plans so the approach stays useful and relevant.
Online therapy offers practical benefits for busy people. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation from different locations. Phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging can fit into breaks, handle quick updates, or provide ongoing support between longer sessions. These options aim to make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into daily life.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also works with
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 29 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English